Twisted hook or "Pico de Loro" is a traditional south European hook that tends to settle in the mouth. Used for cod, sea bass, croaker and other fish with large mouth. Our hooks are manufactured in Portugal of carbon steel dipped once in tin, with long barb and eye. Flat end can also be obtained. The hook is rusting, but keeps a season, is very strong...
Clips has many uses in fishing, the swivel takes out the twist, and the clip can be taken on / off to make setting and hauling easier. Snoods with fish are simply clipped off, not to interrupt the hauling, and the hooks are extracted later. The largest are used for traps and to attach anchor ropes to anchor and to the buoys, the smaller are used to...
Sleeves are used for joining lines, making loops and stoppers. The sleeves are oval for the line to enter twice. You need a special crimper to pinch and lock the sleeves. The tool are sold at this site. Sleeves make a connection that loses only 10% of the breaking strength to the line. Knots, on the other hand, lose 30-40% of the breaking strength.
ASSO mono from Gruppo DP, Italy, are the favorite of Norwegian fishermen. Order via the drop-down menu where the breaking strength is also mentioned. Longline fishermen are more concerned with the durability of the mono than the breaking strength, where the fish "chews" on the mono after being caught and needs larger diameter not to escape. If you want "3...
The lights are now delivered with split ring and 60mm clips to attach to the gear, or can be mounted on the line as the photo with line-lock included. Superbright is a strong, steady light with 0.21 lumen and the battery life before changing is 1,700 hours. Ultrabright is very strong has 0.70 lumen with 500 hours battery life. Turns on by contact with water.
We produce our swivels in South Korea. The type is "power-crane" and everything is of stainless steel unless specified differently. The breaking strength is 2-3 times the breaking strength of the line they are intended for.
Ready mounted snoods for rocky bottom fishing, requires a strong and durable thread. We use a mix of Polyester and Polyethylene that make a snood with no buoyancy and that makes good knots. The snood has a O'shaugnessy stainless steel hook in one end and a snap / clip in the other. The snoods are applied to main line when the line goes out, in preferred...
Red, blue, green or white flash, 3 km. visibility at night, with photocell (only works at night) Waterproof. 2 x AA batteries provide light at 300 night hours.